{"id":1278,"date":"2024-12-19T10:39:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T01:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/?post_type=divisions&#038;p=1278"},"modified":"2025-03-27T14:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T05:29:10","slug":"center-for-oral-cancer","status":"publish","type":"departments","link":"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/en\/departments\/center-for-oral-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Oral Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outline\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Diagnosis and treatment of oral cancer<\/strong><br>We strive to diagnose and treat as quickly as possible, and provide optimal treatment according to the patient's condition, type of cancer, and symptoms in accordance with standard treatments.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Surgical treatment<\/strong><br>After tumor removal, reconstructive surgery is performed as necessary to improve postoperative quality of life.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Radiation therapy or chemotherapy<\/strong><br>We provide optimal treatment in collaboration with the University of Osaka medical hospitals and other institutions.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rehabilitation and lifestyle support<\/strong><br>We work with nurses, dental hygienists, speech-language-hearing therapists, etc. to provide rehabilitation and aim to improve the quality of life of our patients.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong> Support through team medical care<\/strong><br>We provide team medical care with a multidisciplinary team of oral surgeons, radiologists, nurses, dental hygienists, speech-language-hearing therapists, etc. We create the optimal treatment plan for each patient and provide continuous support throughout the treatment process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer vk_spacer-type-margin-top\"><div class=\"vk_block-margin-lg--margin-top\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Director's Message<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/451c87c202794aec913fdf2d3d06fb0a-1280x1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/451c87c202794aec913fdf2d3d06fb0a-1280x1920.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/451c87c202794aec913fdf2d3d06fb0a-667x1000.jpg 667w, https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/451c87c202794aec913fdf2d3d06fb0a-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/451c87c202794aec913fdf2d3d06fb0a-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/451c87c202794aec913fdf2d3d06fb0a-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/451c87c202794aec913fdf2d3d06fb0a.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>At our center, we can provide a variety of treatments and rehabilitation for oral cancer. You can choose from surgical treatment, which is the standard and most proven treatment, to non-surgical treatments such as radiation therapy and catheter-based chemoradiotherapy.  We also offer post-operative rehabilitation for swallowing and speech, and can help restore the ability to chew using dentures and implants for teeth lost during surgery.\u3000\u3000\u3000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Narikazu UZAWA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer vk_spacer-type-margin-top\"><div class=\"vk_block-margin-lg--margin-top\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Main Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table vk-table--mobile-block vk-table--th--width25 vk-table--th--bg-bright\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Director<\/td><td>Narikazu UZAWA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vice Director<\/td><td>Shumei MURAKAMI<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vice Director<\/td><td>Susumu TANAKA<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer vk_spacer-type-margin-top\"><div class=\"vk_block-margin-lg--margin-top\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<dl class=\"keyword-tag\"><dt>Keywords<\/dt><dd><a href=\"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/en\/keyword-tag\/tongue-cancer\/\">Tongue Cancer<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/en\/keyword-tag\/oral-cancer\/\">Oral Cancer<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/en\/keyword-tag\/jaw-cysts_benign-tumors\/\">Jaw Cysts\/Benign Tumors<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/en\/keyword-tag\/oral-and-maxillofacial-trauma\/\">Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma<\/a><\/dd><\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We strive to diagnose and treat as quickly as possible, and provide optimal treatment according to the patient's condition, ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":19,"template":"","classification":[152],"keyword-tag":[27,28,30,38],"symptom-tag":[99,114,118,119,134],"class_list":["post-1278","departments","type-departments","status-publish","hentry","classification-centers","keyword-tag-tongue-cancer","keyword-tag-oral-cancer","keyword-tag-jaw-cysts_benign-tumors","keyword-tag-oral-and-maxillofacial-trauma","symptom-tag-sting-in-the-mouth","symptom-tag-swelling-of-the-jaw-and-face","symptom-tag-mouth-ulcers-wont-go-away","symptom-tag-speech-disorder","symptom-tag-difficulty-in-eating-and-swallowing","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/departments\/1278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/departments"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/departments"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/departments\/1278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4482,"href":"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/departments\/1278\/revisions\/4482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"classification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/classification?post=1278"},{"taxonomy":"keyword-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword-tag?post=1278"},{"taxonomy":"symptom-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hospital.dent.osaka-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/symptom-tag?post=1278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}